The Greeley Tribune carries an obituary on John L. Haley, noted author, civil engineer, successful businessman, twice-veteran, devoted husband and father, who passed away Dec. 22, at Fairacres Manor in Greeley.
Haley worked as an engineering consultant on the highly acclaimed Interstate 70 Glenwood Canyon Project, the final link in the country’s interstate highway system. Haley wrote a book, “Wooing a Harsh Mistress: Glenwood Canyon’s High-way Odyssey,” a story about the vision and devotion of the inspired designers, builders and engineers who made the epic project such a unique highway transportation marvel.
The Colorado Department of Transportation anticipates completion within the next two to three weeks of the Interstate 70 Exit 116 interchange project, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent reports.
According to a press release from project spokesman Tom Newland, the project, which involves widening of the exit ramps to two lanes and the placement of a new dual right-turn lanes onto the Grand Avenue Bridge at Sixth Street, will be completed ahead of schedule.
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Taking real-time traffic and road condition information and getting it to drivers — so they can make realistic decisions about their travel plans — is a key component to managing traffic demand on the busy I-70 Mountain Corridor, a CDOT traffic engineer says, according to a report in the Summit Daily News.
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For $65 million, some Vail council members want to see something more useful than an airport interchange on Interstate 70, the Vail Daily reports.
The town voted not to support the project, with members saying it was too much money for an interchange that might shave a few minutes off travel times when other transportation needs seem to be higher priorities.
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The Google Street View above shows the I-70 embankment where RTD’s West Corridor light rail will go under the freeway on its alignment to the Jefferson County Government Center in Golden.
It might seem like a reverse way of making a tunnel, because it is.
But the contractor for RTD’s FasTracks West Corridor light rail says “top down” construction will spare major traffic disruptions while building the tunnel under Interstate 70, on the north side of the Sixth Avenue Freeway just east of the intersection of Colfax Avenue.
It’s an innovative way to get the job done, demonstrating that there’s usually a way to deal with any logistical problem a construction job can face. In this case, it’s how to punch a train tunnel under the man-made embankment of one of the most vital travel corridors in the entire state without bringing drivers to a halt.
As it is, travelers using I-70 will encounter overnight lane restrictions for two to three weeks and one full weekend closure of the highway – once for eastbound and once for westbound – while crews build the single-track tunnel under both carriageways of I-70 over Sixth Avenue.
Vail police and the Colorado State Patrol will check commercial vehicles on Interstate 70 next to see if drivers are carrying snow chains, as required by state law, reports the Vail Daily.
The checks will take place Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Drivers of commercial vehicles must carry chains for their vehicles from Sept. 1 through May 31 on Interstate 70 from milepost 133 to milepost 259.
Failure to carry chains on this portion of the interstate may result in an inspection violation and the driver can be fined. You can read the entire article at the Vail Daily.
Berthoud Pass has been closed to traffic since 12:39 p.m. because of an accident involving a semi-truck, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s road conditions web site, cotrip.org.
Through traffic is advised to detour by way of CO 9 between Interstate 70 and Kremmling.
The Colorado Department of Transportation has completed construction of a two-mile safety improvement project on Interstate 70 between Pena Boulevard and Tower Road. The $334,000 project, funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, installed cable guardrail in the median of I-70 to help prevent crossover accidents.
The cable rail is not the typical steel guardrail that is placed on many highways, but is designed with an elastic property that slows the vehicle down and contains it within the median, preventing the vehicle from crossing over or coming back into traffic. This type of guardrail has been installed in many locations across the state including C-470, I-76 and US 285 in the Denver metro area. Ideal Fencing Corporation of Erie was the contractor for this project.
A $1.9 million upgrade of the downtown Glenwood Springs interchange at Interstate 70 begins Monday with funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The project will repair and resurface the CO 82 Grand Avenue overpass over I-70 and the Colorado River, widen the exit and entrance ramps bring heavy commuting traffic in from and back to West Glenwood and add capacity to the Sixth Street-Grand Avenue intersection that leads to the bridge, and where much of the I-70 traffic is heading.
Eagle County and the town of Eagle are competing with each other for a share of federal stimulus funds to build interchanges on Interstate 70, reports the Vail Daily, and that has led to a catfight between the two governments. Eagle County will apply for a $70 million grant to fund the long contemplated airport interchange project. Eagle, on behalf of the developers of the Eagle River Station project, will apply for a $20 million grant to build the east Eagle interchange. These conflicting applications generated a lengthy, often heated debate this week between county officials and members of the Eagle Town Board.
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